Game Wisdom

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Marvelous Monetization of Marvel’s Contest of Champions Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I’ve talked a lot about big names in the mobile and live service space: Digital Extremes, Grinding Gear Games, and of course the entire Hoyoverse. But there is one other game that has been one of the longest-lasting in the … The post The Marvelous Monetization of Marvel’s Contest of Champions appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Hi-Fi Rush maker has entered a new era under the ownership of Krafton.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 28, 2024

GameFromScratch.com BB Studio – GB Studio for NES There is a new fork of GB Studio, the popular Game Boy game engine, called BB Studio that can now target the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). BB Studio is described as: “BB Studio” is a heavily-hacked version of the awesome GB Studio by Chris Maltby. It replaces the Game Boy […] The post BB Studio – GB Studio for NES appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 2, 2025

A new version of.NET is released in November each year, alternating Long Term Support (LTS) and Standard Term Support (STS) releases. The quality of all releases is the same. The only difference is the length of support. LTS releases are supported for 3 years, while STS releases are supported for 18 months. With the release of Godot 4.0, we moved our C# packages from targeting Mono to.NET 6.

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GameDev.Net

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Hello dear readers!

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

'Know that he went out on his own terms listening to his favourite music and surrounded by loved ones.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 2, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Godot Minimal Theme 2.0 from PassiveStar Over the holidays Passive Star released the Godot Minimal Theme 2.0. I have used the Godot Minimal Theme since it was released back in April 2024 and I still believe that it makes Godot look about as good as possible (obviously this is a matter of opinion). The 2.0 release […] The post Godot Minimal Theme 2.0 from PassiveStar appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 3, 2025

This might sound contrived, but one of the most valuable skills for any developer will always be communicating effectively. The vast majority of my work is collaborating with other people - people with differing attention levels, goals, personalities, priorities, and internal ways of thinking. Being able to understand their stated and unstated intentions and feelings is important, both for me to cooperate with them as people and also to do the work.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Eric Barone's farm life RPG kept on selling this year, and continues to be a major seller on PC.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 31, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Fab January 2025 Free Asset Giveaway (Sorta) It is the third Tuesday of the month and that means its time for another Unreal Engine Fab marketplace giveaway. Well technically it’s the last Tuesday of the year, and these giveaways now happen every other Tuesday. You can get three free game development assets, all of the assets work in Unreal, […] The post Fab January 2025 Free Asset Giveaway (Sorta) appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ken Levine has spent much of his career trying to redefine video game narratives. Most famously with the iconic twists in his acclaimed BioShock series, and most recently with the ongoing development of Judas – the debut title from Ghost Ship Games.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Strong emotional response is a key factor in player engagement in most cases (sadness/despair is the notable outlier here). A strong anger reaction has a lot of potential for an engaging player experience, as long as we create the experience carefully. We do this by creating a specific target for that anger that isn't the game itself, and by giving the player a satisfying way to release all of the tension that anger has built up within them.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The just-established KOF Studio is tasked with continuing key SNK fighting franchises like Fatal Fury and King of Fighters.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 31, 2024

GameFromScratch.com The Game Dev Asset Mega Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, The Game Dev Asset Mega Bundle contains a large collection of assets for Unreal Engine and Unity. The assets are from the studio Hivemind. Most of the assets are 3D environments, although there are some 3D model packs and […] The post The Game Dev Asset Mega Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Juego Studio

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Game design is a fascinating blend of strategy and art. But this fascination comes to a halt, when a debate on game design fundamentals begins what comes first, the theme or the mechanics? This is the question that comes to all the game designers at the very first step when starting to create a game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The latest episode of The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast - and the final iteration with Chris Dring and James Batchelor - is now available to download.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 2, 2025

The action RPG took home three awards after being championed by the Steam community.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 3, 2025

A long road lies ahead for us and we have many new things in store for you in 2025. New dragons, new mechanics, new adventures and new lands to explore!

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 1, 2025

Adventure Game Marketing With Dave Gilbert Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is the second part of my chat with Dave Gilbert from Wadjet Eye Games when we got on the topic of adventure game publishing, marketing, and designing them for the modern market. If you want to … The post Adventure Game Marketing With Dave Gilbert appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The co-founder and CEO of Sumo Group Carl Cavers has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the King's New Year's Honours List.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 1, 2025

Nah, it isn't possible. The act of cutting content requires us not just to remove the cut content itself, but we also need to clean up all existing connections to that cut content so that the game doesn't break due to missing assets. This means that re-adding the content later will require us to create a bunch of new connections to the game to make the content connect with the greater whole that is the game.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 1, 2025

Playtesting season has started. A showcase of features to come.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Considerations For Designing Replayable and Choice-Based Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com One of the downsides of some video and online games, even great ones, is that they have a singular narrative or a consistent outcome. However, there are a couple of design considerations that can improve the replayability of games, in … The post Considerations For Designing Replayable and Choice-Based Games appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 2, 2025

DoubleU Games has acquired Turkish studio Paxie Games for up to $67 million.

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Jesper Juul

JANUARY 3, 2025

On the occasion of my new book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer , I am writing The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects , posted weekly from November 1 st , 2024: I have told this Commodore 64 history through objects. And indeed, the C64s commercial life ended before the immaterial internet became widely available. Though dial-up bulletin boards (BBS) gradually made it possible to communicate over telephone lines, the more or less underground (and more or less i

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Indie DB

JANUARY 2, 2025

In the world of indie video games, "Mutation" stands out as a psychological horror Dungeon crawler that promises to keep players on the edge of their seats. Developed by Ossified Games, this title is a sci-fi horror dungeon crawler with Lovecraftian.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 29, 2024

I have around 140 anim files of around 12kb each, 10 prefabs of around 1.15mb in total, 7 audio of 1.66mb in total, fonts of 154kb in total and texture of 16mb in total in my cocos game which is preloading from a package on 4G network, and it takes around 5-10 min to load over browser. This is complete 1 package which am loading, named as FightPkg and has total size of 22.3 MB.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Did you miss the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit in London this September? Well fear not, for we have all the best sessions available to view online right now.

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Rocket Brush Studio

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Addressing gaps in technical expertise enhances software testing efficiency and product quality. Failing to resolve these gaps can lead to project delays. QASource outlines practical steps and expert strategies to bridge knowledge gaps effectively.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Protectors latest update, version 0.9.2, introduces a wealth of changes and enhancements aimed at improving the gameplay experience while staying faithful to the core values of Warlords Battlecry. Following feedback from the community, this patch.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

axmol is just a fork of cocos2d-x-4.0: GitHub - axmolengine/axmol: Axmol Engine A Multi-platform Engine for Desktop, XBOX (UWP) and Mobile games. (A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) axmol-2.0.0 release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) by @nowasm List of known issues maybe help wanted WebGL context lost not handled yet A demo avaiable on axmol gh-pages: cpp-tests.html, build from branch dev Note: Follow functionals require wasm pthread support, and needs server enable M.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Best Platformers of 2024 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this part of my best of 2024 awards, it’s my favorite platformers of the year.… The post The Best Platformers of 2024 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Juego Studio

JANUARY 2, 2025

Game development is a complex process that involves many different factors, such as collaborative communication, coordination of tasks and resources among multiple teams, and, most importantly, the art and development pipeline.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 3, 2025

THE RELEASE TRAILER IS COMING! Plus, heres the big news: the trailer announcing the release date will be live on January 2nd, 2025! For now, enjoy the visuals, recharge, and take care of yourselves.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Hi, sorry to resurrect this thread, Im using the latest cocos (3.8.5) and tried on both latest chrome and firefox. Ive been trying to read the gamepad input and although I can use EventType.GAMEPAD_CHANGE, I never get EventType.GAMEPAD_INPUT. e.g. start() { input.on(Input.EventType.GAMEPAD_CHANGE, this.onGamepadChange, this); input.on(Input.EventType.GAMEPAD_INPUT, this.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Best Games of 2024 That are 100% Free Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The first part of my Best of 2024 awards is up with my favorite games we played that are completely free.… The post The Best Games of 2024 That are 100% Free appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As the year comes to a close, GamesIndustry.biz has been running our videos from September's HR Summit in London.

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